Acquila Guest House Durban

I'm spending 2 more nights in Durban with a nice couple I found on couchsurfing.org. Margaret is an environmental consultant working on transportation issues for the city of Durban, and Gavin is a professional clown. They've given me a private guest room and various rides around town, which is great because public ...

... off, we were "serenaded" by the melodic sounds of hip hop wafting across the road. A young group of local lads were getting their groove on to a "song" that reminded me of "Who let the dogs out?" (to howl horribly at us) Still, I enjoyed watching the youths bop and wiggle their asses while the young ladies congregating nearby flirted with them.

I slept like I had been weighted down with cement by Tony Soprano.

... carpets, padded headboards, and industrial style toilets. I was also glad to hear that the waterfront was safe to wander at night, contrary to the warnings in the guidebooks. A few of us walked down to the Southern Sun to see the restaurant possibilities, and Sophie, Cha, and I returned along the waterfront. I played hide-and-seek with Sophie and let her play in the sand a little, and it seemed like she was enjoying Durban already.

Hi everyone! Well I finished up my independent project. It was overall a great experience. Also while there, I got to go to Kruger National Park (in the way the locals do it...just driving around hoping to see animals). It was kinda a ridiculous experience but I got to see lions and giraffes and hippos and some more cool animals. The rest of my time in Rooibok was good overall- I feel like I learned so much and got to know some great ...

... on ice cream at home, at least we both did). Further up the beach we found the Golden Coast casino, hotel and entertainment area. A great place if you have money, but not much else. We walked back via the bus station to buy our tickets for the next day and then got a bus back to the hostel. I don't know what was wrong with our driver, but she was in a bad mood and was slinging the bus all over the six lane roads that run through the city centre! So ...

South Africa is really... white. Durban is dangerous at night and there
is a huge mall. They have blackouts every day for two hours at two in
the afternoon, and even the malls shut down.

... I had Thai Green Curry with the local catch of the day and shrimp. On Mon. morning, we spent a little more time in the city centre before driving to Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve where we did a 4 hr hike. Robberg Formation is the formal name for the 150 million year old geological unit best exposed at Robberg Nature and Marine Reserve. The cliffs rise to 486 ft in places. While I ...

... problems with corruption in American politics as well. He blames the downward trend in South African politics on the people for being apathetic and not following God's teachings. I spent the entire day today at the transition home. This morning and through the early afternoon, there was another volunteer there helping out with the five children. I was very thankful for her assistance. Unfortunately, the little boy had two ...

Forsta helgen i Durban dok pa mej utan forvarning. Efter ett kort mote med The Dean pa fredagen, kunde jag bara vanta pa nasta vecka. Kanske skulle min forkylning fa en chans att stillas? Samma kvall, fredag, kommer ett gang unga coola killar och en brud till Jill's B&B. Hon berattar att det ar ett TV-team, som gor ett nderhallningsprogram med reportage fran Sydafrikas olika horn. Nar de ...

... some Japanese friends i had met earlier in my trip. They left this morning on a 10 day ship ride from Durban, South Africa to Rio de Janiero. We had fun last night going over must-see places of both continents. I think I will be here for one more day as I try to gather some people to rent a car with for a national park i want to see north of here. Hope you are all doing well. -Pete P.S. Also... after re-reading this I feel I should explain the meaning of "mini-taxi ...